Mikey Saleri

Mikey Saleri (1912-December 1945) was a Tattaglia crime family soldier. In 1945, he was murdered by the Corleone crime family for assaulting a store owner under their protection, Emilio Brunetti.

Biography
Mikey Saleri was born in New York City, New York in 1912 to a family of Sicilian descent, and he became a made man in the Tattaglia crime family. Saleri was known to be a loose cannon who used violence as a means to advance his own career, when, in fact, it hurt his chances of advancing. Capo Donnie Marinelli hired Saleri to take part in a failed hit on Don Vito Corleone in December 1945, but the attempt failed.

Death
In December 1945, Saleri attempted to retake control of Emilio Brunetti's butcher shop in Little Italy, so Corleone crime family capo Salvatore Tessio hired Aldo Trapani to whack Saleri. Trapani approached Saleri as he beat up Brunetti in the alleyway behind his store, and Trapani proceeded to beat Scaleri to death with his bare hands. Saleri's death was the first of many hit contracts assigned to Trapani by Tessio.